Fibernet is graciously provided to subscribers world wide. Most list members probably use a Windows operating system. Some use Mac's and some of us might even be using Linux ... I do.
On my system, I can configure my preferences to recognize all kinds of diacritical marks if these are made using the the native language keyboard. However, it will not recognize symbols cut-and-pasted from within, for example, MS Word as it doesn't recognize the typical ASCII code which Microsoft uses (Alt + 0176 one the numeric keypad is the code for the "degree" symbol). Even some Windows HTML editors won't recognize these codes and if text is cut-and-pasted from MS Word into these editors, the resulting HTML file displays an alpha-numeric representation of the symbol. The bottom line is, in my opinion, it that email should be written in plain text. This takes into consideration the entire readership. Thanks, Ron, for a great list. Jlie Owens Sheep Hollow Farm and Fiber -- sellers of dyes and fiber http://www.sheephollow.iwarp.com To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
